LETTER: We need a road map to zero carbon

LETTER: We need a road map to zero carbon

Tim Murgatroyd (The Press, January 30) is right to call for York to follow the example of other cities by declaring a ‘Climate Emergency’, introducing policies and actions to cut our carbon emissions to zero by 2030.

This is what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said is needed to limit average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, essential to prevent catastrophic run-away climate change.

While individuals can play a part, it is councils, businesses and governments that have to act urgently to change from ‘business as usual’ by rapidly bringing about reductions in the burning of fossil fuels.

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